Postliberal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Postliberal is an adjective meaning (politics) After the introduction of liberalism; following or opposing liberalism; antiliberal.
Meaning
(politics) After the introduction of liberalism; following or opposing liberalism; antiliberal.
More Meanings
- (theology) Relating to postliberal theology.
- A proponent of postliberalism.
Example Sentences
Near-synonym: neo-reactionary
He [Patrick Deneen] also offers a vague reassurance that the postliberal future will not revive the prejudice and bigotry of the past.
He [Patrick Deneen] calls on postliberals to aim big, “embracing, fostering and protecting not only the nation but that which is both smaller and larger than the nation.”
But if we hope to create a humane postliberal future, we cannot pretend that the age of liberalism did not happen or that its basic contours can simply be jettisoned in some sort of restoration of an idyllic preliberal age.
Word Forms
- post-liberal
- postliberals
Antonyms for postliberal
Common opposites include preliberal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include protoliberal, postneoliberal, postcommunist, postsocialist, postcapitalist, antiliberal.
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